The podcast gang discusses Cam Newton’s confidence, Peyton Manning’s horrible season and why there are so many hot takes in the Super Bowl off-week.

Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down. On this week’s show (Feb. 2, 2016), we look at all things Super Bowl. We touch on why Peyton Manning is the worst quarterback to ever play in the final game of the playoffs, whether defense really wins championships, and why hot takery consumes our airwaves during the week before the Super Bowl. Plus, a Significant Digit on how the flu affects Super Bowl teams’ hometown fans in the year after the game.

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Sig Dig: 18 percent. That’s how much flu deaths increased in areas that had teams in the Super Bowl, relative to other places with NFL teams that didn’t make the Super Bowl that year.

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